College Basketball Rpi

College basketball RPI or simply RPI is the abbreviation for Rating Percentage Index. This Ratings Percentage Index is the ranking system that is used by the NCAA for college basketball teams.

College basketball RPI is calculated using this formula: 25% comes from the team's winning percentage, 50% comes from the opposing team's winning percentage and the last 25% comes from the opponent's opposing teams' winning percentages. The Index that is taken from this calculation determines a team’s standing in the league, while it also dictates whether or not they are part of the 65 teams in the playoffs for the men's league and the 64 teams for the women's league brackets.

Men's college basketball RPI can now be seen on the internet on a weekly basis for the March Madness. This weekly release of the RPI in college basketball was decided upon by the NCAA in 2006, and it was considered pretty useful for college basketball fans to see how their favorite college teams were faring. The NCAA college basketball RPI also had similar counterparts coming from sports and news channels like CNN and ESPN.

The college basketball RPI was recently revised in 2004 to show how well a team played at home and on the road. Since there is a certain advantage to playing on a home court, a win at home only counts as a .6 win while a win on the road counts higher and rates as a 1.4 win. As for losses, a loss on the road will only count for a .6 loss and a loss in a team's home court counts as a 1.4 loss.

This indexing system has been used by the NCAA since 1981, and it has been the basis for seeding and selecting college basketball teams for certain conferences. The RPI college basketball applications can often be seen by enthusiasts as a way to determine which team has a big chance of winning a certain conference. In the 2007 men's college basketball RPI, the teams that appeared to be the strongest were Ohio State, UCLA, Florida and North Carolina. These were the first four names on the list of teams on the NCAA RPI list. The list shows the team's current rank, the team's previous rank, what conference they belonged to and the number of wins and losses they managed to rack up during the season. The list also showed how many of these wins and losses were garnered at home and on the road.